Sorry did not have full time earlier to write an answer the reason I believe
cross over turn is better. The main reason is visuals the wingman is looking at
the leader for the marks of the turn towards the front quarter. The leader is
looking rear quarter for the wingman in the turn for visuals cover while he is
bringing the aircraft around.
In a cross over turn you are already looking towards one another checking
around each other’s air space. This happens through out the turn until you
pass, all the time you are looking in the direction your aircraft is
travelling. Once you pass the visual is then to the other side front quarter
visual aspect. The cover of the air space visually is not lost during the
manoeuvre, the added bonus is even the angles of the turn are slightly off it
is very easy to correct.
It maybe because we fly in VR that makes the cross turn easier to use as it is
a physical movement, rather than movement in millimetres using trackIR.
Colin
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On 21 Apr 2019, at 12:38, Colin Pack (Redacted sender "bart_56" for DMARC)
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Cross over as pairs is better than a hook turn.
Colin
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On 21 Apr 2019, at 11:39, klem56 (Redacted sender "klem56" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, in the hook turn there should be no crossover as laterally we all move
to the right or left together, provided we have sufficient spacing. See
attached. Of course, the no 2's delay their turn on their leader, as do
GREEN 1 and BLUE 1 on RED 1, hooking with RED 2.
klem
